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Conway, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65632. The Survey maps it on the Phillipsburg quadrangle. 729 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,407 feet above sea level.

Conway within Laclede County

Population over time

2 figures

Conway fell from 788 to 729 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010788
2020729-59 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Conway between 1993 and 2000, burning about 1,173 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1,005 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 September 2000Arson/incendiarism24 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 March 1993Debris and open burning35 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 March 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 March 1994Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 March 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 March 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 March 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laclede County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Conway: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Baumgarten QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stony Point QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Laclede County

Storms near this place

38 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conway in 38 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 17 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 13 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2008Tornado (EF3)Conway12 hurt, $8,000,000This is an extension of the Webster County tornado. A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-3 tornado tracked across Laclede County. Numerous homes and outbuildings south of Lebanon were destroyed while 12 were injured.
May 1996Tornado (F1)Conway1 hurt, $500,000no account filed
April 2026HailConway$76,500,000A hail swath from a mile to 3 miles wide began near Conway and continued to the north-northeast across Laclede County. Hail from quarters to 3 inches in size fell along a path from Conway to Phillipsburg to Eldridge as a left moving supercell moved across the County. Along the storms path, numerous homes, vehicles, businesses, equipment, crops, livestock and other structures were damaged by hail before the storm passed into southeastern Camden County.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindConway$1,000,000Widespread wind damage occurred across central and southern Laclede County. Trees, outbuildings, and power poles were the primary items that were damaged. In Conway, several homes experienced minor roof damage. Rural areas south of Lebanon experienced the most intense wind speeds. In Lebanon, a few trees were knocked over, however, structural damage was minimal.
August 2013Flash FloodConway$750,000This storm report will include the total estimated damages for the flooding event. Several homes had water in them along Highway J near Conway. Several high water rescues were performed. Several low water crossings and roadways were damaged due to the water throughout the county.
April 2013HailConway$250,000Emergency manager reported numerous windows were damaged due to golf ball size hail. I-44 was briefly shut down near mile marker 121 due to hail covered roadways. The estimated damage cost will be for the entire county for this storm in this report.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindConway$75,000A tractor trailer was blown over on Interstate 44 west bound near exit 113 Route J and Y at mile marker 113.
July 2016Flash FloodConway$50,000A portion of I-44 was briefly flooded in spots between Mile Markers 111 to 117. The interstate was briefly closed due to an undisclosed number of crashes. There were three swift water rescues reported by emergency management.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindConway$5,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that 70 mph straight line winds damaged a building and several trees.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindConway$2,000A large tree was snapped from the trunk, with many other smaller branches broken and strewn about.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindConway$2,000Tin from a roof of a barn was blown into power lines. Power poles were broken.
April 2022HailConway$1,000Quarter sized hail was reported. Minor roof damage was reported to plastic roof panels on a small shed.
April 2025FloodConway-Flooding on some of the lanes along County Road 144 and full ditches were reported.
July 2024Heavy RainConway-Public report of 2.99 inches of measured storm total rainfall.
July 2023HailConway-Hail up to half dollars in size was reported.
July 2023HailConway-Hail up to golf balls in size was reported in a rural location.
July 2015Flash FloodConway-Highway J at I-44 near the Conway Highway School was flooded and impassable.
June 2013Flash FloodConway-Several low water crossings on secondary roads flooded including at Brush Creek.
August 2013Flash FloodConway-There was flash flooding of small streams and roadways around the Conway area.
August 2013Flash FloodConway-Three feet of water was reported over Interstate 44 near mile marker 112.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindConway-The wind gust was measured by a member of the office of Emergency Management.
February 2008Flash FloodConway-Several areas of flash flooding occurred over Laclede County. In Conway, the city storm shelter flooded. In Lebanon, extensive street flooding occurred. A bridge flooded along Highway J three miles east of Conway. A section of Highway FF was flooded between highways T and 133. Brush Creek north of Morgan flooded all low areas near its channel.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindConway-An 18 inch diameter tree was blown down across the road.
July 2006Flash FloodConway-Heavy rain caused flash flooding over a section of Highway J which became impassable to motorists.
October 2016HailConway-no account filed
April 2013HailConway-no account filed
February 2011HailConway-no account filed
March 2010HailConway-no account filed
March 2009HailConway-no account filed
March 2006HailConway-no account filed
March 2006HailConway-no account filed
March 2006HailConway-no account filed
March 2006HailConway-no account filed
April 2003HailConway-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindConway-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindConway-no account filed
May 1998HailConway-no account filed
November 1995HailConway-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laclede County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Phillipsburg4.1 miles14
Huben (historical)6.9 miles14
Morgan7.7 miles14
Caffeyville9.0 miles14
Brush Creek9.7 miles14
Pease10.0 miles12
Evergreen12.2 miles14
Orla12.7 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on ConwayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q745142The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 716212. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.